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given in that town. The speaker, the Rev. 

 J. B. M'Crea, considered that " Science was the 

 cause, science is the cause, of the degeneracy of 

 man. It was not man's natural tendency and 

 development that made him scientific. Science 

 did it. The Bible told us distinctly and plainly 

 it was not the devil that did it. A great deal 

 more was laid to the door of the devil than be- 

 longed to the devil, although he cannot be made 

 worse than he is" (Bromley Tel., Dec. 16, 

 1871). 



The reviews of Prehistoric Times were very 

 favourable, and there was a general and cordial 

 approval of the book by all who were qualified 

 to judge. 



Sir A. W. Franks, Director of the Society of 

 Antiquaries, and Keeper of the British Antiqui- 

 ties in the British Museum, writes, in acknow- 

 ledging a copy which had been sent him : 



A thousand thanks for your very welcome present. 

 I congratulate you and the world at large on your book 

 being out, more especially as I have been telling every 

 one to wait for your book. It fills a great lacuna in 

 early Archaeology, and fills it well. 



If you have a copy to spare for the Antiquaries, it 

 would, I think, be very acceptable. 



The book was soon translated into the principal 

 European languages. It has gone through six 

 editions in England, and what is even more 

 remarkable, three in France. 



The Examiner praised it as " an able and 

 original work." The Athenaeum said : " It teems 

 with information on everything that has been 

 yet discovered, bearing on the early history of 



